''Lepidoteuthis grimaldii'', also known as the Grimaldi scaled squid, is a large
squid growing to 1 m in
mantle length. It is named after the
Grimaldi family, reigning house of
Monaco
Monaco (; ), officially the Principality of Monaco (french: Principauté de Monaco; Ligurian: ; oc, Principat de Mónegue), is a sovereign city-state and microstate on the French Riviera a few kilometres west of the Italian region of Lig ...
.
Prince Albert I of Monaco
Albert I (Albert Honoré Charles Grimaldi; 13 November 1848 – 26 June 1922) was Prince of Monaco from 10 September 1889 until his death. He devoted much of his life to oceanography, exploration and science. Alongside his expeditions, Albert ...
was an amateur
teuthologist
Teuthology (from Greek , " cuttlefish, squid", and , ''-logia'') is the study of cephalopods such as octopus, squid, and cuttlefish. who pioneered the study of deep sea squids by collecting the 'precious regurgitations' of
sperm whales. The Grimaldi scaled squid was first collected from the stomach contents of a sperm whale.
[Albert 1er of Monaco. "Notes sur un Cachalot." ''Bulletin du Muséum d’histoire naturelle'' 1895, no. 8.] It is a widely distributed species in tropical and subtropical areas of the North and South Atlantic, the southern Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, where it has been recorded off Japan and in the west Pacific.
Syntype
In biological nomenclature, a syntype is any one of two or more biological types that is listed in a description of a taxon where no holotype was designated. Precise definitions of this and related terms for types have been established as part of ...
(86 cm ML)
File:Lepidoteuthis grimaldii scales.jpg, Closeup of the mantle scales
File:Lepidoteuthis grimaldii gladius.jpg, Gladius
''Gladius'' () is a Latin word meaning "sword" (of any type), but in its narrow sense it refers to the sword of ancient Roman foot soldiers. Early ancient Roman swords were similar to those of the Greeks, called '' xiphe'' (plural; singular ''xi ...
See also
*Cephalopod size
References
External links
Tree of Life web project: ''Lepidoteuthis grimaldii''TONMO.com article: Unique hooks in the male scaled squid ''Lepidoteuthis grimaldii'' Joubin, 1895
Squid
Molluscs described in 1895
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